ISBN10: 0937062006, ISBN13: 9780937062005, [publisher: Mesa Verde Museum Assoc.; Colorado o.J. (ca. 2000).] Softcover V; 188 S.; Illustr.; 23 cm; kart. Sehr gutes Ex. - Englisch. - INHALT : Part One PEOPLE OF THE MESA VERDE --- Echoes of the past --- Discovery --- Life in ancient times --- Spring --- Summer --- Autumn --- Winter --- The end of the story --- Part Two THE ARCHEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND --- Origin of the American Indian --- Archeology of the Mesa Verde. // ILLUSTRATIONEN : Cliff Palace -- North rim of the mesa -- Rugged canyons of the Mesa Verde -- Two-Story Cliff House -- Cliff Palace, a busy city -- Life in a cliff dwelling -- Black-on-white pottery -- Decorated and corrugated jars -- Old men sit in the sun -- A busy afternoon -- Modern Indian cornfield -- Farming terraces -- Bone and stone tools -- Corn drying on the roofs -- The man who cut the log too short -- Interior of a kiva -- A kiva roof -- Basket Maker mummy -- A typical burial -- Visitors entering Balcony House -- An ancient style show -- Basket Maker cradle -- Pueblo cradle board -- Small, high cliff dwellings. // Mesa Verde (span. für Grüner Tafelberg) ist ein Nationalpark im südwestlichen Teil des US-Bundesstaates Colorado - rund 420 Kilometer südwestlich von Denver und etwa 50 Kilometer westlich des kleinen Touristenzentrums Durango gelegen. Der Park schützt rund 4000 archäologische Stätten, insbesondere die erst Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts vollständig erforschten, gut erhaltenen Felsbeh ...
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Mesa Verde Museum Association. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. In Very Good+ condition. A history of Ancestral Pueblo Indians of Mesa Verde, Colorado. Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, established 1906 is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Composed of 52,485 acres near the Four Corners region, it boasts of some 5,000 sites including 600 cliff dwellings is surrounded by the Great Basin, the San Juan Basin & the Rio Grande Valley. It's basket-weaving culture emerged 750 AD along with farming of corn, beans, and squash. Region, plagued by droughts, led to migration to the more hospitable Arizona & New Mexico. 188 pgs,10 chapters, photo illustrated, in 2 parts: Part I, People of the Mesa Verde: 1, Echoes of the Past; 2, Discovery; 3, Life in Ancient Times; 4, Spring; 5, Summer; 6, Autumn; 7, Winter; and 8, The End of the Story. Part II, The Archaeological Background: 9, Origin of the American Indian; and 10, Archaeology of the Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde Museum Association ISBN 0937062006 9780937062005 [US]

ISBN10: 0937062006, ISBN13: 9780937062005, [publisher: Mesa Verde Museum Association] Softcover In Very Good+ condition. A history of Ancestral Pueblo Indians of Mesa Verde, Colorado. Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, established 1906 is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Composed of 52,485 acres near the Four Corners region, it boasts of some 5,000 sites including 600 cliff dwellings is surrounded by the Great Basin, the San Juan Basin & the Rio Grande Valley. It's basket-weaving culture emerged 750 AD along with farming of corn, beans, and squash. Region, plagued by droughts, led to migration to the more hospitable Arizona & New Mexico. 188 pgs,10 chapters, photo illustrated, in 2 parts: Part I, People of the Mesa Verde: 1, Echoes of the Past; 2, Discovery; 3, Life in Ancient Times; 4, Spring; 5, Summer; 6, Autumn; 7, Winter; and 8, The End of the Story. Part II, The Archaeological Background: 9, Origin of the American Indian; and 10, Archaeology of the Mesa Verde.
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